Kang Peng led the army back to his hometown in Yongzhou, and in just one month, Dong Zhuojun's whole army was lying on his back, and the development of Chang'an gradually entered the track, the military, government and civil affairs began to improve, and the contradictions between Kang Peng and the local scholars also tended to ease.

On the contrary, the situation in Luoyang, where Dong Zhuojun had just withdrawn, was getting worse and worse, and it was not even as good as before the Eighteenth Road fought against Dong. The reason is very simple, when Dong Zhuojun withdrew from Luoyang, he looted the palace, treasury and treasury, gold, jewelry, grain, weapons, cloth, silk, as long as it can be moved, Dong Zhuojun will all move away, just like locusts crossing the border, the current Luoyang royal family is already an empty shelf with the authentic signboard of the Han family, and even the officials can't afford to give it.

Ma Ridan, Dong Cheng and others, who succeeded Dong Taishi's auxiliary government, had no choice but to order hundreds of officials to donate their own belongings for the imperial court to save the emergency, but the civil and military officials in Luoyang almost died on the night of Dong Taishi's madness, and their property was also 'borrowed' by Dong Zhuo's soldiers and victims. The officials promoted by Li Ru in the line of fire don't have much money, and they are still counting on the imperial court's Yulu to eat, where can they get money and grain? In the end, Ma Ridan, Zhu Xi, Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Cai Yong, several auxiliary ministers who were loyal to the Han family, donated all their family property, and reluctantly paid half a month's salary to the court officials to maintain the palace expenses. However, several former ministers who survived the turmoil, led by Yuan Kui, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and refused to take out half of the copper plate.

The trouble was still to come, and when the scholars who fled to various places heard that King Dong Yan had withdrawn from Luoyang, they immediately rushed back to Luoyang under great joy, and while scolding King Dong Yan for forcing them like this, they took the title deed handed down by their ancestors to ask the court for the land confiscated by King Dong Yan to go to Tuntian. But when Dong Zhuojun evacuated, Li Ru had already sold the land to the people of Luoyang, and it had a title deed stamped with the seal of the imperial court, proving that the land had changed owners. One place and two masters, the two sides were deadlocked, violent incidents were staged many times, and the lawsuit went directly to the imperial court, which made several auxiliary ministers anxious and headaches.

In contrast, in fact, these are just small things, Luoyang's biggest trouble is its huge population, what a huge amount of food needs for millions of people to survive the winter, but Luoyang's official warehouse is now empty, and there is not much left of the private granary. And Yanzhou Qingzhou, the main grain-producing area in the north, has a major drought this year, and self-sufficiency is still insufficient, where is there still grain transported to Luoyang? Xuzhou is far away, Yongzhou and the two states can not be counted on, Luoyang's only hope is Jingzhou, but Jingzhou Liu Biao heard that Dong Zhuo had withdrawn from Luoyang, and immediately ordered the Jingzhou army that had marched to the vicinity of Yiyang to return to Nanyang, for fear that he would not only carry the burden of Luoyang, but also be attacked by the world like Dong Zhuo. Now in Luoyang, the price of doumi has reached 50 percent, and there is a trend of continuing to rise. Later, the body of the yellow flower girl in Luoyang City could not be exchanged for two baked cakes, and the people had quietly seen the cannibalism of Yizi.

In the morning of this day, the ministers all looked sad, looking at the letter sent by Liu Biao in Ma Ridan's hand in a daze, as if they had died of their own mother. After a long time, Ma Ridan sighed and said: "It's a shame that he Liu Jingsheng is still a member of the Han family, and he is so ruthless, he has failed the country's grace, and he has failed the country's grace." ”

Zhu Xian also shook his head and said: "I said before that Liu Jingsheng has been in charge of Jingzhou for many years, and he has long been disobedient, and asking him for food to help Luoyang is tantamount to a mirror. ”

Yuan Kui sneered: "What does the servant mean? Didn't Liu Jingzhou say it? He is willing to welcome the Son of Heaven to move and move the capital to Xiangyang with hundreds of officials, didn't the servant hear it? ”

Zhu Xian was furious, "Yuan Kui, what do you mean?" The imperial mausoleum of the Han Dynasty is in Luoyang, and it can be abandoned? Besides, there are still millions of people in Luoyang, and the saint is gone with me, so what can the people of Luoyang do? If the Son of Heaven does not share weal and sorrow with the people, how can he intimidate the world? ”

"The servant is right." Dong Cheng also echoed Zhu Xiandao: "Liu Biao is ambitious, and the saint has arrived in Xiangyang, it is difficult to ensure that Liu Biao is not like Dong Zhuo, who overrides the power of the Son of Heaven, controls the government, and even replaces it!" ”

Yuan Kui was not to be outdone, "The two adults refuse to believe Liu Jingzhou and don't want the Son of Heaven to move the capital, do the two adults also have the intention of controlling the government?" The three of them immediately quarreled together.

Fu Wan and Cai Yong came out to play a round game, and Fu Wan stopped in the middle, "The three adults are angry, everyone is a minister, and they should work together to tide over the difficulties with the saint." Cai Yong also said to Yuan Kui: "Mrs. Yuan is angry, the matter of moving the capital is related to the national system, so it is better to be cautious." ”

Yuan Kui didn't appreciate it, and sneered: "Of course, Lord Cai and Lord Fu are easy to say, when the court can't support it, other people have no way out, and the two adults still have sons-in-law to take refuge in." ”

Yuan Kui's words poked the scars of Fu Wan and Cai Yong, Cai Yong only changed color on his face, but Fu Wan immediately turned around, "Smack!" A slap slapped Yuan Kui in the face, "Yuan Kui, what do you mean?" ”

Yuan Kui took a few steps back, covered his face and said viciously: "Lord Fu beat Yuan Kui, Yuan Kui didn't dare to fight back, who called Yuan Kui incompetent, can't give birth to a beautiful daughter, find an old son-in-law with ability!" After speaking, Yuan Kui turned around and left.

Fu Wan and Cai Yong were so angry that they trembled, pointing at Yuan Kui's back and their lips trembled, but they couldn't say a word. Only Ma Ridan closed his eyes and sighed, "I don't know the price of firewood and rice, but I don't know today that it is not easy for Mrs. Dong." ”

The royal family of the Han Dynasty was still struggling with disputes, but the princes were not idle, Jia Xu deliberately created a contradiction between the princes played a role, and the eighteenth princes released by Kang Peng returned to the territory for only one month, and the Central Plains were inextricably fought, from Shanhaiguan in the north to the Yangtze River in the south, all involved in the war.

After Han Fu returned to Jizhou, he was stunned to find that Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan's power had developed to Boling, Dezhou and Anbang, and surrounded Xinchang City from three sides, Han Fu was furious, and after negotiations with Yuan Tan to no avail, Han Fu's army, which had the advantage of troops, immediately counterattacked Boling, recovered Boling in one fell swoop, and opened to Yuan's hometown Bohai, Yuan Tan's army was forced to withdraw to Hejian because the supply route was cut off, and confronted Han Fu's army according to the city. And Yuan Shao had also returned to Bohai at this time, immediately took back Yuan Tan's military power, and prepared to counterattack Han Fu.

And Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao had already fought with Cao Cao, and Zhang Miao asked Cao Cao to recruit troops in Chenliu. is to let Cao Cao block the momentum of Dong Zhuojun's eastward development for himself, so when the princes are asking for Dong, Zhang Miao, who is closest to Dong Zhuojun, leads the least troops, because he is afraid that the princes will give him a bite in their own territory. But during Zhang Miao's imprisonment in Luoyang, Cao Cao, who escaped from Luoyang, had already gained a firm foothold in Chenliu, and tried his best to contain the Yellow Turban Army defeated by Dong Zhuojun, the number of which had reached 100,000. Of course, Zhang Miao was unwilling to be annexed by Cao Cao, and relied on the hidden strength he retained, and killed Cao Cao in the Guandu area. Cao Cao was also forced to abandon his plan to expand to Luoyang by taking advantage of Dong Zhuoxi's retreat to deal with the threat from his hometown. It is worth mentioning that because of the severe drought in Yanzhou, the military rations of both sides were gone, and they coincidentally resorted to the trick of making human jerky to satisfy hunger.

Liu Bei, another opponent who gave Kang Peng a headache, did not show weakness, because Xuzhou was too shou Tao Qian was chopped by Dong Boss's godson Xiaobu in the tiger prison, Xuzhou was already a borderless land, Kang Peng ordered the world to appoint Liu Bei as the assassin of Xuzhou, Liu Bei never moved at first, almost making Xuzhou think that he had been killed on the way to escape, Xuzhou's Mi family, Chen family and Cao family launched a series of open and secret battles in order to fight Xuzhou, and did not want to fight in Xuzhou when the three major families in Xuzhou were fighting the most fiercely, Liu Bei and others suddenly appeared, Zhang Fei stabbed Cao Bao to death, Chen Deng's father and son died at the hands of Guan Yu and Huang Zhong respectively, and the Mi family completely fell to Liu Bei. Then, Liu Bei married the daughter of the Mi family, obtained the full support of the Mi family, and appointed Zhuge Xuan as Liu Bei's military advisor, completely controlling the prosperous Xuzhou, and the Danyang soldiers, the famous army of the Three Kingdoms, also began to be formed under Liu Bei.

In the south, because Yuan Shu's brother-in-law died in the hands of Sun Jian's general Huang Gai at the civil and military conference, Yuan Shu relied on the Huainan soldiers to have enough food and coerced Sun Jian to hand over Huang Gai to himself, otherwise they would meet each other! Of course, Sun Jian refused, and as soon as he returned to Jiujiang, he actively prepared for war, ready to meet Yuan Shu's attack at any time. At the same time, Sun Jian adopted Zhang Zhao's strategy to divide the division down the river and expand his power to the southeast.

The other princes fought even more lively, for hatred, for food, for territory, the decline of the Han family gave careerists an opportunity, and Dong Zhuo's oppression of the court let these people know that this world is about to change color. Each prince took this opportunity to desperately expand his power, waiting for the opportunity to swallow up his opponents, and preparing to take a piece of the pie in the future competition. In just over a month, due to war and famine, the population of the Central Plains has plummeted by millions.

The west side was relatively calm, because Dong Zhuo's army withdrew to Chang'an, and the Flying Bear Army taught Zhang Lu's several small troops a little lesson in Meridian Valley and Wuzhangyuan, and they didn't do too much, just buried more than 2,000 Zhang Lu's troops alive. Zhang Lu immediately withdrew his hand to the north, and sent an envoy to pay tribute to Kang Peng, resuming trade that had been cut off for several months, and the well salt produced in Sichuan began to be shipped to the Chang'an area again. The four-wheeled carriages of tables and chairs produced in Chang'an were also sold to Yizhou through Hanzhong, bringing large profits to Chang'an.

In Liangzhou, Ma Teng returned to Wuwei and immediately organized troops to counterattack Han Sui, Kang Peng also saw that Ma Teng's daughter married his favorite general, and sent Ma Teng a batch of weapons, grain and grass, Ma Teng was supported by Dong Zhuojun, won several battles in succession, and advanced the front to Xijun, the two sides were fighting happily in the area of Xijun, and the threat of Dong Zhuo's rear was temporarily eliminated.

Between the fights and killings, the time was already February of the second year of Chuping, and on this day, Kang Peng suddenly issued an order that made all Dong Zhuojun's strategists scratch their heads - bring all the thieves and red prostitutes in Chang'an to see him!